Bottle-carrier.



PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907 c. B. H

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CHARLES B. HALL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-CARRIER.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1,,CHARLES B. HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawmg.

This invention relates to improvements in bottle-carriers, and consists of the organization and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, .and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bottle-carrier made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing the manner of fastening or securing the top and bottom border-wires.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

As clearly shown in the drawings, the sides and ends of the carrier are made of wire or wire mesh 10, consisting of diagonally-disposed crossing wires. The wire mesh forming the sides and ends of the carrierv are connected-to top and bottom border-wires 1 l and 12. The connection between the wires of the side and ends with the border-wires 1 1 and 12 may be of any suitable character, as by bending the wires forming the sides and ends around or partially around the wires 11 and 12, as indicated by 13.

The carrier may be of any suitable shape, and in the present instance I have shown the same as rectangular in outline, although it is to be understood that this is immaterial and that I do not restrict myself in this particular, as any othertsuitable shape may be employed. The sides and ends may be of any suitable height and of any suitable size mesh. The top and bottom border-wires 11 and 12 are spaced apart by the wires forming sides ends 15 of the other border-wire12, as shown in Fig. 3. As thus arranged the ends 14 and- 15lare brought close together in parallel arrangement. and connected or secured byclips 16. This arrangement provides a se- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 31, 1.904. Serial No. 230.670.

Patented March 5, 19 07.

cure fastening for the ends of the borderwires and adds to the strength of the carrier.

Located within the sides and ends of the carrier is a bottle-su port 17. This sup ort is carried at a-suitab e distance from the bottom of the carrier and consists of series of wires 18 and 19. Each series of wires 18 and 19 is disposed diagonally, the wires 18 being transverse the wires 19, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, and have their ends attached toa border-wire 20 of the same outline as the border-wires 11 and 12. The wire 20 is secured to the sides and ends of the carrierin any suitable manner, as by means of wire clips 21. By reason of this transverse disposition and equidistant spacing of the wires '18 and 19 square openings are provided, which serve as pockets to receive'the necks of the bottles, the wires serving as supports upon which the shoulders at the necks of the bottles rest,

In addition to the support 17 I preferably employ a series of longitudinal wires 22 and crossing wires 23, located above the wires 18 and 19. The ends of the wires 22 and 23 are connected or attached to a border-wire '24, located between the border-wires 20 and the top borderwire 11. The wires of each series 22 and 23 'are equidistantly spaced and pro vide square openings, each of which is located directly over and registers with an opening in the support 17. When a bottle is in position in the carrier, as'shown in dotted. lines inFigs. 2 and 4, the shoulder at the neck of the bottle rests on the wires'l8 and 19, while the wires 22 and 23, being en aged byithe sides of the bottle, prevent the latter from tilting and at the same time space the bottle from adjacent bottles.

The border-wires 11, 12, 20, and 24 are made of heavier wire than the wires 18 and 19 and the wires 22 and 23 and provide a strong and rigid frame for the structurei A web 25 is located ateach corner of the carrier, preferably in the angle formed by the bends in the bottom wire 12, and such webs may be made of wire, as shown. The object carrier overhangs the corner of the one under the same, the web 25 at such corner will pre-' vent the upper carrier from tilting or slipping downand serve to sustain the weight of the same. These webs 25 may be made of any wire suitable to properly carry the weight of a carrier when filled with bottles and preferably have" the wiresforming the same attached to the wire 12, although they may of course be located at the top corners.

The construction and arrangement described provides a light bottle carrier or crate which is exceedingly strong, durable, and rigid. By reason of the diagonal arrangement of the wires 1.8 and 19 and the longitudinal and transverse arrangement of the wires 22 and 23 the sides of the bottlecarrier are securely braced in all directions, so that it is practicably impossible to crush the carrier by a force or pressure applied at the corners or sides, and by making the botclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent tached, upper and lower intermediate bor-- der-wires attached to the sides and ends, longitudinal and transverse wires attached to the upper intermediate border-wire to form partitlons for the bodies of the bottles, and a bottle-support consisting of diagonally-arranged crossing wires attached to the lower intermediate border-wire and roviding openings for the bottle-necks sma ler than and in register with the openings formed by the partitions for the bodies of the bottles.

2. A bottle-carrier having Wire sides and ends, top and bottom border-wires attached to the sides, and ends, upper and lower intermediate border-wires attached to the sides and. ends, a bottle-support consisting -'of 45' crossing wires attached to the-lower intermediate border-Wire and providing openings for thebottle-necks, crossing wires attached to the upper intermediate border-wire and providing relatively larger openings than and registering with the sup ort-open-ings,'

and corner webs attached to t e carrier.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES B.

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ARTHUR B. 'SEIBOLD, ELIZABETH MOLITQR. 

